Planning Document August 29th, 2014
Jared Holden, Founder
Vision:
To provide hands on learning experience for students during the summer months.
Continue building on topics covered in the previous year’s science classrooms, with hands on experience.
Main goal to limit amount of learned information lost over the summer.
Mission:
To provide students with an opportunity for hands on experience and the ability to supplement in class teaching with fun interactive environments throughout the summer.
Objectives:
Provide a stimulating environment where science topics are reviewed and discussed with hands on experience over the summer months for a range of students grade level.
Strategies:
First find a suitable place with access to outdoor facilities.
Then expand grade levels and breadth of courses offered.
Work with local schools when designing a curriculum.
Professional Email:
Mr. Anstrom,
Hello, my name is Jared Holden, I am a student at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and and pursuing my teaching credentials in biology. I have always been impressed with your work with the organization Classroom Earth and your work with the National Environmental Education Foundation. The work you are doing to integrate environmental education in classrooms around the United States is inspiring and I would love to work with your organization, in hopes of providing my future students with the crucial elements of this program. Are there any opportunities for me to volunteer with this program in the Columbus area? I hope to teach my future students all of the elements of environmental education, as I believe it is important for everyone to have a basic understanding of environmental education.
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing back from you!
5 Topics that interest me are:
1) In biology, nature vs nurture
2) Lecturing vs interactive learning environments
3) The effect of standardized testing, teaching by comprehension or teaching to a test
4) The effect of a nourishing and encouraging household
5) Effect of levels of physical activity, and ability to concentrate and stay on task.
Classroom Management:
I intended to be teaching high school students, an older demographic that should be able to be held accountable for their actions. I will make it a priority to foster an environment where mutual respect between the students and myself and in-between the students themselves is very important.
I will arrange my classroom with tables each having two students sitting at them facing forward in rows. This will allow easier group work between students and should allow for more discussion about the topics we are discussing. This may lead to the students being more distracted and I may have to move students until I find a layout that works properly.
At the beginning of the year I intend to develop a clearly defined set of rules for what is expected of each student and the consequences for their actions if these are not met. We will set forth rules for things like late assignments, classroom disruptions, tardies and absences and what will happen for each of these. To keep with the theme of holding everyone accountable including myself we will set forth reasonable expectations for myself including things like how fast I should return graded work, and exams, and consequences if I don’t.
I will also have a syllabus that is clearly defined with dates for exams, homework and projects, so that the class provides structure and predictability for students. I will also set up a system in the classroom where I have the dates of the next homework due, next exam date and any other important dates laid out. I will also take the first minute or two of every class to verbally remind each student of these dates. The reason I will do this is to hopefully set up a structured and organized system that becomes second nature for the students.
Hippocratic Oath:
I will always treat my students and myself with respect and hold everyone accountable for their individual actions, including myself. I will always approach each situation with an open mind and remember that I am trying to set down a fundamental basis for lifelong learning.
Readings Part One:
Chapter 1: The old Greek Education
1) It appears in the old Greek education system, the main goal of their education system was to train an army. The readings stated education was an exercise in obedience and the goal of education was to make students endure labor, and to fight and conquer. Daily educational experiences were endless physical training, perpetual tests of pluck and endurance. The readings also stated topics in which we refer to as traditional, reading and writing, were actually not taught.
Chapter 2: Later Greek Education
1) A few centuries later the Greek education system had completely changed. After the Persian war Athens became a city of arts and peace. This time period gave rise to the love of knowledge from the Greeks. They operated under ideas such as nature worked by a set of fixed laws, and the text even states we owe the love of science, art and freedom to the educational system of the Greeks during this time period. Their main goal was to “strive for perfection so we can become more like the gods.”
Chapter 4: The Contribution of Christianity
1) The Catholic Church believes the goal of education should be to teach the word of god to girls and boys. It was stated that students should be taught the word of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. As well as the creation of earth and why man was appointed to earth.
Chapter 17: The New Scientific Method and the Schools 1) During this time period we can begin to see the beginnings of a transition from school being primarily focused on teaching the word of God to the beginnings of scientific methods. John Milton said that first we must teach the basics of good grammar, then geometry, the use of globes and maps and the night time was reserved for the instruction of the scripture.
Chapter 21: New theory and subject matter for the elementary school.
1) The beginning of this chapter it was said that during this time democratic theory began quickly super seeding the religious aspect of education. Many of the topics that were going to be taught included literature, history, civil and sacred, geography, mathematics, natural and mental philosophy, chemistry, music, drawing, gymnastics, natural history and religious instruction.
What do your five texts have in common? Where do they differ? You could make a Venn Diagram or write a paragraph about the similarities and a paragraph about the differences. The five texts all begin to address the question of what is education in each of their respective time periods. All of the texts agree that education is a fundamental process that begins when the student is very young. However they disagree vastly on what needs to be taught. If we take the first reading as an example, the main idea of their education system was to train men for combat and how they should act within their lives. Compare that to any of the last four readings and education is transformed into trying to teach a working knowledge to students, more importantly in the last reading is teaching hard sciences such as geometry and astronomy. It is also very interesting to see the influence on religious beliefs on teaching. It appears there is a general trend on less emphasis on religious based teachings as we progress through time.
Thinking back to the Social and Cross-Cultural Skills (Bronfenbrenner) assignment and the extension of that assignment in classroom management, how do you personally connect with these texts and their authors? How are your educational conditions similar to or different from those of the author? Where do you agree or disagree with each one? In what ways might you apply what these authors say to your own practice as a teacher? Remember, you can choose to apply something directly, or you can "apply" it by saying, "that's specifically what I will NOT do when I am a teacher."
I surprisingly found a lot of points that I fundamentally agree with, within these texts. In the very first reading I did they were talking about an appropriate time period for education and it was stated that “Education starts in the first year of childhood and lasts to the very end of life.” While they were talking about military training, I agree that education should be a lifelong process. Additionally I found it interesting and very applicable that in the second reading it said that we owe it to the Greeks for a love of knowledge especially in the areas of science, art, and freedom.
Readings Part Two:
All three of these readings approach education as an innate social aspect of a child development. They argue that the goal of education is to prepare a child for life in society. However Du Bois did the majority of his work making sure that black individuals had full civil rights. At the time many argued that the black population in the south should work and submit to white political rule, in the exchange for basic education and economic opportunities. Du Bois was against this very notion, arguing that black citizens deserved full civil rights. In the second reading Dewey argues that educations main goal should be to prepare children for life in society. The main goal of education should be for fully functioning individuals within a country. You can see how these two arguments would have incredibly drastic repercussions for those individuals not able to access education. If the main goal of education in schools is to prepare citizens for life in society, and portions of the population are unable to access this, it would be extremely detrimental for those individuals.
Readings Part Three:
My Personal Teaching Philosophy-
My personal mantra has always been “what have you done today to make tomorrow a better place?” I believe it is every person’s responsibility to make our society a better place. I can’t think of a better place to affect positive change, and hope to inspire my students with the same attitude.
I will teach grades 7-12, this is because most of the student at this age will have begun to form their own worldview and this is a crucial time during which students will begin to develop into adults. This is an incredibly crucial time period in children’s lives, and the amount of time they spend with educator’s everyday will have a huge impact on their development. This is not a responsibility that should ever be taken lightly, and I will show by example what it means to be a caring, supportive and respectful adult, all while educating students and inspiring a lifelong thirst for knowledge.
I will foster an environment within my classroom that students will be continually challenged and engaged. I will accomplish this by developing lesson plans that are interactive and relevant to students lives.
Respect is also an incredibly important factor in my classrooms. I intended to be teaching high school students, an older demographic that should be able to be held accountable for their actions. I will make it a priority to foster an environment where mutual respect between the students and myself and in-between the students themselves is very important. I will accomplish this by having a set standard of rules and expectations within the classroom with agreed upon consequences. At the beginning of the year I intend to develop a clearly defined set of rules for what is expected of each student and the consequences for their actions if these are not met. We will set forth rules for things like late assignments, classroom disruptions, tardies and absences and what will happen for each of these. To keep with the theme of holding everyone accountable including myself we will set forth reasonable expectations for myself including things like how fast I should return graded work, and exams, and consequences if I don’t.
I will also develop a classroom where structure is very important. I will have a syllabus that is clearly defined with dates for exams, homework and projects, so that the class provides structure and predictabilityfor students. I will also set up a system in the classroom where I have the dates of the next homework due, next exam date and any other important dates laid out.
This sort of structure, respect and attitude in my class room will set students up for success in future education and in life.
Business Plan Document:
Summer Science Experiences NPO
Planning DocumentAugust 29th, 2014
Jared Holden, Founder
Vision:
Mission:
Objectives:
Strategies:
Professional Email:
Mr. Anstrom,
Hello, my name is Jared Holden, I am a student at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and and pursuing my teaching credentials in biology. I have always been impressed with your work with the organization Classroom Earth and your work with the National Environmental Education Foundation. The work you are doing to integrate environmental education in classrooms around the United States is inspiring and I would love to work with your organization, in hopes of providing my future students with the crucial elements of this program. Are there any opportunities for me to volunteer with this program in the Columbus area? I hope to teach my future students all of the elements of environmental education, as I believe it is important for everyone to have a basic understanding of environmental education.
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing back from you!
Jared Holden
Bronfenbrenner Ecological Systems Theory:
Prezi Link:
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5 Topics that interest me are:
1) In biology, nature vs nurture
2) Lecturing vs interactive learning environments
3) The effect of standardized testing, teaching by comprehension or teaching to a test
4) The effect of a nourishing and encouraging household
5) Effect of levels of physical activity, and ability to concentrate and stay on task.
Classroom Management:
I intended to be teaching high school students, an older demographic that should be able to be held accountable for their actions. I will make it a priority to foster an environment where mutual respect between the students and myself and in-between the students themselves is very important.I will arrange my classroom with tables each having two students sitting at them facing forward in rows. This will allow easier group work between students and should allow for more discussion about the topics we are discussing. This may lead to the students being more distracted and I may have to move students until I find a layout that works properly.
At the beginning of the year I intend to develop a clearly defined set of rules for what is expected of each student and the consequences for their actions if these are not met. We will set forth rules for things like late assignments, classroom disruptions, tardies and absences and what will happen for each of these. To keep with the theme of holding everyone accountable including myself we will set forth reasonable expectations for myself including things like how fast I should return graded work, and exams, and consequences if I don’t.
I will also have a syllabus that is clearly defined with dates for exams, homework and projects, so that the class provides structure and
predictability for students. I will also set up a system in the classroom where I have the dates of the next homework due, next exam date and any other important dates laid out. I will also take the first minute or two of every class to verbally remind each student of these dates. The reason I will do this is to hopefully set up a structured and organized system that becomes second nature for the students.
Hippocratic Oath:
I will always treat my students and myself with respect and hold everyone accountable for their individual actions, including myself. I will always approach each situation with an open mind and remember that I am trying to set down a fundamental basis for lifelong learning.Readings Part One:
Chapter 1: The old Greek Education1) It appears in the old Greek education system, the main goal of their education system was to train an army. The readings stated education was an exercise in obedience and the goal of education was to make students endure labor, and to fight and conquer. Daily educational experiences were endless physical training, perpetual tests of pluck and endurance. The readings also stated topics in which we refer to as traditional, reading and writing, were actually not taught.
Chapter 2: Later Greek Education
1) A few centuries later the Greek education system had completely changed. After the Persian war Athens became a city of arts and peace. This time period gave rise to the love of knowledge from the Greeks. They operated under ideas such as nature worked by a set of fixed laws, and the text even states we owe the love of science, art and freedom to the educational system of the Greeks during this time period. Their main goal was to “strive for perfection so we can become more like the gods.”
Chapter 4: The Contribution of Christianity
1) The Catholic Church believes the goal of education should be to teach the word of god to girls and boys. It was stated that students should be taught the word of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. As well as the creation of earth and why man was appointed to earth.
Chapter 17: The New Scientific Method and the Schools
1) During this time period we can begin to see the beginnings of a transition from school being primarily focused on teaching the word of God to the beginnings of scientific methods. John Milton said that first we must teach the basics of good grammar, then geometry, the use of globes and maps and the night time was reserved for the instruction of the scripture.
Chapter 21: New theory and subject matter for the elementary school.
1) The beginning of this chapter it was said that during this time democratic theory began quickly super seeding the religious aspect of education. Many of the topics that were going to be taught included literature, history, civil and sacred, geography, mathematics, natural and mental philosophy, chemistry, music, drawing, gymnastics, natural history and religious instruction.
What do your five texts have in common? Where do they differ? You could make a Venn Diagram or write a paragraph about the similarities and a paragraph about the differences.
The five texts all begin to address the question of what is education in each of their respective time periods. All of the texts agree that education is a fundamental process that begins when the student is very young. However they disagree vastly on what needs to be taught. If we take the first reading as an example, the main idea of their education system was to train men for combat and how they should act within their lives. Compare that to any of the last four readings and education is transformed into trying to teach a working knowledge to students, more importantly in the last reading is teaching hard sciences such as geometry and astronomy. It is also very interesting to see the influence on religious beliefs on teaching. It appears there is a general trend on less emphasis on religious based teachings as we progress through time.
Thinking back to the Social and Cross-Cultural Skills (Bronfenbrenner) assignment and the extension of that assignment in classroom management, how do you personally connect with these texts and their authors? How are your educational conditions similar to or different from those of the author? Where do you agree or disagree with each one? In what ways might you apply what these authors say to your own practice as a teacher? Remember, you can choose to apply something directly, or you can "apply" it by saying, "that's specifically what I will NOT do when I am a teacher."
I surprisingly found a lot of points that I fundamentally agree with, within these texts. In the very first reading I did they were talking about an appropriate time period for education and it was stated that “Education starts in the first year of childhood and lasts to the very end of life.” While they were talking about military training, I agree that education should be a lifelong process. Additionally I found it interesting and very applicable that in the second reading it said that we owe it to the Greeks for a love of knowledge especially in the areas of science, art, and freedom.
Readings Part Two:
All three of these readings approach education as an innate social aspect of a child development. They argue that the goal of education is to prepare a child for life in society. However Du Bois did the majority of his work making sure that black individuals had full civil rights. At the time many argued that the black population in the south should work and submit to white political rule, in the exchange for basic education and economic opportunities. Du Bois was against this very notion, arguing that black citizens deserved full civil rights. In the second reading Dewey argues that educations main goal should be to prepare children for life in society. The main goal of education should be for fully functioning individuals within a country. You can see how these two arguments would have incredibly drastic repercussions for those individuals not able to access education. If the main goal of education in schools is to prepare citizens for life in society, and portions of the population are unable to access this, it would be extremely detrimental for those individuals.Readings Part Three:
My Personal Teaching Philosophy-My personal mantra has always been “what have you done today to make tomorrow a better place?” I believe it is every person’s responsibility to make our society a better place. I can’t think of a better place to affect positive change, and hope to inspire my students with the same attitude.
I will teach grades 7-12, this is because most of the student at this age will have begun to form their own worldview and this is a crucial time during which students will begin to develop into adults. This is an incredibly crucial time period in children’s lives, and the amount of time they spend with educator’s everyday will have a huge impact on their development. This is not a responsibility that should ever be taken lightly, and I will show by example what it means to be a caring, supportive and respectful adult, all while educating students and inspiring a lifelong thirst for knowledge.
I will foster an environment within my classroom that students will be continually challenged and engaged. I will accomplish this by developing lesson plans that are interactive and relevant to students lives.
Respect is also an incredibly important factor in my classrooms. I intended to be teaching high school students, an older demographic that should be able to be held accountable for their actions. I will make it a priority to foster an environment where mutual respect between the students and myself and in-between the students themselves is very important. I will accomplish this by having a set standard of rules and expectations within the classroom with agreed upon consequences. At the beginning of the year I intend to develop a clearly defined set of rules for what is expected of each student and the consequences for their actions if these are not met. We will set forth rules for things like late assignments, classroom disruptions, tardies and absences and what will happen for each of these. To keep with the theme of holding everyone accountable including myself we will set forth reasonable expectations for myself including things like how fast I should return graded work, and exams, and consequences if I don’t.
I will also develop a classroom where structure is very important. I will have a syllabus that is clearly defined with dates for exams, homework and projects, so that the class provides structure and predictability for students. I will also set up a system in the classroom where I have the dates of the next homework due, next exam date and any other important dates laid out.
This sort of structure, respect and attitude in my class room will set students up for success in future education and in life.